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‘Officers attend many suicides…but all forces should be mandated to report the number of police suicides’
Last year an officer who has overcome his own struggles with mental health succeeded in convincing the Chief Constables of Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police to put a suicide prevention app on nearly 8,000 officers and staff work mobile phones. Claire Sweeting reports on an initiative to tackle a silent killer that is now spreading to a significant number of forces.
Category: Wellbeing
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